Buttonhole-shield.



PATENTED DEG. 3, 1907.

J. NICKEL.

BUTTONHOLB SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1907- I/Vihwowa 9 E 4 7;

JAMES NICKEL, OF MCGRAOKEN, KANSAS.

BUTTONHOLE-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed J 1111c 8' 1907. Serial No. 371942.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES NICKEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mo- Cracken, in the county of Rush, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttonhole-Shields; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in button-hole shields, for carriage curtains, and it aims to provide a device of that nature which will positively retain the curtain upon the buttons and will at the same time tend to reinforce the button-hole.

With the above and other ends in view, the device comprises a sheet-metal member and a skeleton member disposed upon opposite sides of the curtain and provided upon one edge with an inwardly-directed notch registering with the button-hole, the sheetmetal member being provided with a series of fingers adapted to be passed through the curtain and clenched against the skeleton member, to hold the latter in place, the skeleton member including a locking pin and a catch for engagement therewith, the pin extending across the open mouth of the opening and across the shank of the button.

The invention will be readily understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, and its preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by corresponding reference numerals in the several views.

Of the said drawingsFigure 1 is a front elevation of the applied device, illustrating it as in position to'lock the curtain to the button, the latter being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the device soapplied. Fig. 4 is a collective view of the parts of the device.

In its practical embodiment the shield comprises a semi-circular member 5 formed of sheet metal and provided upon its upper edge with an inwardly-extending V-shaped notch 6, which registers with the button-hole 7 in the curtain 8, when said member is attached thereto, and a similarly-shaped skeleton member 9 constructed of a single strip of spring wire, the upper edge of the last-mentioned member being likewise provided with an inwardly-directed V-shaped notch 10, which is formed by a bend in the Wire.

The solid member 5 is attached to one side of the curtain by means of a series of peripherally-disposed fingers 11, which are passed through the curtain and clenched against the skeleton member disposed on the opposite side, both members being thus held against displacement.

The skeleton member 9 has a sprin coil 12 similar to that of a safety pin forme in one corner thereof, the coil terminating in a looking member or pin 13, whose length is approximately equal to that of the upper section of the member 9, the free end of the pin being adapted for engagement in a catch 14 formed in the opposite corner thereof.

In operation, the button 15 is passed through the button hole and through the V- sha ed notches formed in the members of the shie d. The pin is then engaged in the catch 14, thus closing the open end of said notches, and since the pin passes directly across the shank of the button, the latter will be firmly held in place and its disengagement from the button hole positively prevented until the pin is released from its catch.

What is claimed, is

1. The combination, with a fabric having a button-hole formed therein, of a shield for the button-hole consisting of a pair of members disposed upon opposite sides of the fabric, each member being provided upon one edge with an inwardly-directed notch adapted to register with the button-hole, one of said members being provided with a series of peripherally-disposed fingers adapted to be passed through the fabric and clenched against the other member, to hold the latter in place, the lastmentioned member including a movable locking member and a catch for engagement therewith.

2. A button-hole comprising a pair of members for application to opposite sides of a fabric containing a button-hole, one of said members having an opening to clear the button-hole and further I fingers to be forced through the fabric, the other member being made from a single wire bent to form a frame providing a notch to provided with bendable clear the button-hole and further provided with a pair. of coils at opposite sides of such member and a pin extending from one of said coils for the purpose set forth, the said-Wireconstructed member being adapted to be engaged and held by the bendable fingers of the first-mentioned member.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, 1n presence of tWo Witnesses.

JAMES NICKEL.

Witnesses S. W. HOWARD, J. W. CHENOWETH. 

